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ideal victim: a standalone construct

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Victimology

the cultural image of the victim most readily granted legitimate victim status: weak, blameless, engaged in respectable activity and harmed by a strong stranger.

In victimology, ideal victim refers to the cultural image of the victim most readily granted legitimate victim status: weak, blameless, engaged in respectable activity and harmed by a strong stranger. This meaning comes from Christie (1986) in From Crime Policy to Victim Policy.[1]

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References

Christie, N. (1986). The Ideal Victim. In From Crime Policy to Victim Policy (pp. 17-30). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08305-3_2

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